In my previous 88 in 888, I had a goal to take a random photo every week for a year and make a photobook at the end. It was a very enjoyable experience, so I decided to repeat the process. I feel I labeled the goal wrong, as I'm not just taking a single random photo once a week. What it really became was choosing a photo out of many photos I may take in a week. So of course there are many pictures from trips that included more than just one photo.

So I am beginning my new 52 Week Photo Project with a photo I took over the weekend in my visit to Aspen. There were many pictures I took that I really liked, so it was difficult to pick just one for this list. It was a toss up between a landscape shot of the Maroon Bells, the most photographed spot in Colorado, or some Aspen trees with leaves changing color. I ended up deciding on the landscape shot...

But just for fun, here's the other photo I almost chose...

A new photo goal for myself that I didn't have in the previous list is specifically about animals. I found myself taking some great animal pictures over the past couple of years (since I got my new SLR) and thought it would be fun to get pictures of 50 different animals. Below are my first 10! Interestingly all but 3 of them are winged creatures.

Enjoy

1. Two bald eagles...spotted several while riding a train from Seattle to Vancouver just after crossing the Canadian border.

2. "What also floats in water?""Bread!""Apples!""Uh, very small rocks.""Cider. Gravy. Cherries. Mud.""Churches!""Lead. Lead"

"A duck!""Exactly."

3. Besides all the ducks like the one above, there were a bunch of turtles hanging out on a log. This by the way was in Victoria on Vancouver Island.

4. Also in Victoria...a peacock in a tree!

5. This puffy-headed beauty was spotted in Muir Woods just north of the Golden Gate Bridge.

6. Also in Muir Woods.

7. I know they're just seagulls, but I got a kick out of these guys just chilling on top of cars in San Francisco.

8. A Marmot hanging out in the rocks at Maroon Bells in Aspen.

9. Spotted this butterfly while hiking at the base of the Maroon Bells.

1o. While leaving the Maroon Bells area, I was fortunate enough to experience this rare sighting of an adult and young Moose going to the lake for some water.

dude, your pictures are amazing.... all the animals and the ones from aspen too.... wooo... damn that lake and mountains picture is breath takingly amazing. We'll have to take a trip there when I come back to visit. That's amazing. The peacock in a tree, whatttt.... that's pretty sweet.